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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1796
Title:: File 36/57 Cotton Twist and Cotton Yarn
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence concerning the importation of cotton twist from India into Bahrain for the purpose of sail-making. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India as well as with a number of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 9 May 1943-17 Nov 1945
Extent:: 1 file (60 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1797
Title:: File 36/58 Raw Cotton
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence concerning the importation of cotton twist from India into Bahrain for the purpose of sail-making. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast, the External Affairs Department of the Govern...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Mar 1943-14 Jun 1944
Extent:: 1 file (36 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1798
Title:: File 36/59 Cotton Waste
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence concerning the export of cotton waste from India to the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India as well as with...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Jan 1944-9 Oct 1945
Extent:: 1 file (37 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1799
Title:: File 36/60 Minutes of the Commercial Advisory Committee Meetings
Scope & Content:: This file contains copies of the minutes of Bahrain's Commercial Advisory Committee. The Committee was a body composed of its president, Political Agent Major Tom Hickinbotham, a number of prominent local merchants based in Bahrain and G W R Smith, Director of Customs. The Committee is occasiona...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 11 Dec 1943-9 Oct 1945
Extent:: 1 file (61 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1800
Title:: File 36/61 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Military Officials and Station Commander, Bahrain
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and British Military officials in the country, primarily the office of the Air Liaison Officer of the RAF in Muharraq. The correspondence discusses a number of issues including an attempt by RAF levies to forcefully enter...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Apr 1944-15 Aug 1945
Extent:: 1 file (64 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1801
Title:: File 36/62 Quota of Tyres and Tubes for Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and several local merchants regarding the importation of tyres and inner tubes into Bahrain and the broader Gulf region. The file also contains correspondence - in Arabic with English translations - between the Political A...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Arabic and English
Date Range:: 2 Apr 1944-7 Nov 1946
Extent:: 1 file (172 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1802
Title:: File 36/68 Import of Hardware from U.S.A. & U.K.
Scope & Content:: This file contains applications for import/export licenses and shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain by a number of merchants active in the country. The applications relate to the importation of hardware including nails, water cisterns and lanterns from various supplie...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 12 Jun 1944-27 Oct 1945
Extent:: 1 file (70 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1803
Title:: File 36/69 Supplies to Qatar through Bahrain
Scope & Content:: This file contains a letter from the Political Agent in Bahrain, Major Tom Hickinbotham to the Political Agency in Sharjah sent to report that since friendly relations between Bahrain and Qatar had been restored, it had been decided that Qatar should receive supplies via Bahrain.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Jun 1944
Extent:: 1 file (4 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1804
Title:: File 36/70 Imports of Paints from U.S.A. & U.K.
Scope & Content:: This file contains applications for import/export licenses and shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency in Bahrain by a number of merchants active in the country. The applications relate to the importation of paints and inks from various suppliers in the United Kingdom and the Unite...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 May 1944-4 Oct 1945
Extent:: 1 file (63 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/R/15/2/1805
Title:: File 36/72 Imports of Goods from Mombasa
Scope & Content:: This file contains correspondence related to a request made to the Political Agency by a Bahraini merchant named Mohamed Makki Albaharnah to import simsim [sesame] oil from Mombasa, Kenya into Bahrain. This request was refused by the East African Production and Supply Council due to shortages ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jul 1944-22 Oct 1944
Extent:: 1 file (11 folios)

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